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MediocreGoodWatch scoreSummary
A unique and surreal story about post-war Germany and a masterpiece of analogue film making. Director Heinrich Sabl worked over 25 years on this stop-motion marvel.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Drop-in friendly
Skip it if
- You want fast pacing
- You want to half-watch while scrolling
- Graphic violence bothers you
Where to watch
Not streaming in any country yet.
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 52GoodWatch 51
IMDb5.2
Running time
1 h 40 min
Longer than most animated movies, +11 min on the typical 89
typical 89100Half of all animated movies run 80–99 min.
Reach
To rent or buy in 2 countries
Released
2025
October 30, 2025
Last year
Genres
AnimationDramaLanguage
German
Original language
Also spoken
RussianMade in
France
Germany
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Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesStrong
- Frightening scenesModerate
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesStrong
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFriends NightPartner WatchSolo WatchDrop-in FriendlyThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
Directing · 1
- Heinrich Sabl Director, Writer, Producer, Camera Operator, Sound Designer, Animation, Compositing Artist, Lighting Director
Production · 1
- Philippe Bober Producer
Camera · 4
- Andy Kaiser Director of Photography
- Elisabeth Kirchhoff First Assistant "A" Camera
- Oliver Satorius First Assistant "B" Camera
- Tristan Blust First Assistant "C" Camera
Editing · 7
- Ute Schall Editor
- Enrico Basl Editor
- Noémie T.J. Phillipson Assistant Editor
- Goran Mikic Color Grading
- Michael Amstad Assistant Editor, Compositing Artist
- Tim Kersken Color Grading
Sound · 14
- Erik Lautenschlaeger Music, Musician
- Tom Mäwers Music
- Jochen Jezussek Sound Mixer, Sound Designer
- Heinrich Bals Sound Designer
- Torsten Ratheischak Sound Designer
- Luise Hodmann Sound Designer
Art · 5
- Marius Dreger Set Designer
- Gesine Richter Set Designer, Costumer
- Stefan Waltz Set Designer
- Harald Csipai Set Designer
- Matthias Mücke Set Designer
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Katrin Michel Costumer, Character Designer
Visual Effects · 3
- Markus 'Maggi' Selchow Compositing Artist
- Florence Corre Animation
- Luna Z. Vater Compositing Artist
Lighting · 1
- Andreas Schild Lighting Director
Other crew · 3
- Andreas Markscheffel Loader
- Ingo Schütze Loader
- Hans Moser Loader
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